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RUNNELS v. OKAMOTO

No. 5578.

525 P.2d 1125 (1974)

Elroy RUNNELS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lily M. OKAMOTO, City Council Auditor, Individually and in her official capacity, George Koga, Clesson Y. Chikasuye, Rudy Pacarro, Frank W.C. Loo, George G. Akahane, Mary George, Toraki Matsumoto, and James J. Shigemura, and then member, Walter M. Heen, Council members as of 1971, individually and collectively as the City Council of Honolulu, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

August 29, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard K. Trask, Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellant.

Frank D. Padgett, Honolulu, for defendant-appellee Lily Okamoto.

Walter G. Chuck, Honolulu, for defendants-appellees, Koga, Chikasuye, Pacarro, Loo, Akahane, George, Matsumoto, Shigemura and Heen.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and LEVINSON, KOBAYASHI, OGATA and MENOR, JJ.

MENOR, Justice.

On December 1, 1972, the plaintiff filed a defamation action against the defendants. Summary judgment in favor of the defendants was entered by the trial court on October 16, 1973. From the order granting summary judgment the plaintiff appeals.

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We turn first to the plaintiff's claim for relief against defendants-council members Koga, Chikasuye, Pacarro, Loo, Akahane, George, Matsumoto, and Shigemura.

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